the global economy

To be sure, nearly all players in the global economy have grappled with the question of how open borders should be.

The overriding message was one of caution: the global economy is over the worst, but fragilities remain.

Despite what might be considered appalling timing, given the state of the global economy, he had raised all he wanted by January this year.

Analysts said the improvement around the world suggested that the recessionary forces buffeting the global economy were starting to abate.

Once upon a time, there was a myth that China was decoupled from the rest of the global economy.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in an attempt to rebalance the global economy, are expected to be debated at the summit.

Mr. Buffett said the company's results show the global economy is showing significant signs of recovery for the first time.

In another, that's the worry for the stock market, because much like the Euro Zone, the global economy is all interconnected too.

It's "blocking what might be a more normal recovery process in the global economy, " he said last week.

With the global economy deteriorating, it is difficult to see the conditions that would precipitate a pick up in global demand for energy.

The global economy was "around the inflection point" , he said, with some countries "being beyond the inflection point" .

Efforts to get Beijing to live up to its responsibility as a key stakeholder in the global economy have been largely unsuccessful.

The politicians trying to help rescue their domestic economies aren't making choices with the global economy in mind.

Industry has spent the last five years trying to define the role the Internet would play in the global economy.

So far oil has been the "dog that did not bark" ; but it may yet give the global economy a nasty bite.

But recent rallies notwithstanding, Laidi said the jury is still out on whether world stock markets and the global economy have hit bottom.

I hope to share with you analysis and insights on what I refer to as a "new destination" for the global economy.

The recalculations are the beginning of what is likely to be a makeover of the official portrait of the global economy.

"It is a very important part of the global economy, " she said. "It is an important chunk of our leisure, retail and tourism industries. "

Since the euro crisis is currently exerting an overwhelming influence on the global economy I shall devote the rest of my talk to it.

NR: It is going to be a year of economic stagnation and recession for most of the global economy with deflationary pressures . . .

With the global economy at a turning point, the cost of any inaccuracies is increasingly high for the world's third-largest economy.

For China's own good and that of the global economy, they say, the currency needs to move up in a big way, and soon.

Boosting educational attainment at the bottom is more promising than trying to reorganize the global economy.

He said trade protectionism was his top concern, in terms of the global economy's outlook.

The duo could also be forging a path for one of the potential biggest realignments in the global economy over the next decade.

The statement said the recent 'excessive volatility' of the yen was a threat to the global economy.

But the numbers are getting high enough to at least raise the prospect of big trouble for the global economy.

For the (global) economy, we have been saying for a year that the recovery will come in the first half of 2010.

IT HAS become known as the "Great Recession" , the year in which the global economy suffered its deepest slump since the second world war.

Today, China is returning once more to its historic position as the dynamic centre of the global economy.

The concern Americans had with Japan back in the day was that the Japanese were competitors in the global economy, not partners.

The United States is now more than ever intertwined with other nations in the global economy and its far-reaching security issues, she said.

The WTO believes that the downturn in the global economy appeared to be slowing, with Asia leading the world out of recession.

Investors are hungry to see data showing improvement in the global economy, not just a slowing contraction.

Citi, with its consumer bias, is particularly exposed to another leg down in the global economy.

'There are an increasing number of early, tentative signs that the global economy is about to turn the corner, ' the IIF wrote.

And as the global economy emerges from the Great Recession, India once again seems to be playing second fiddle.

The global economy seems to be on the road to recovery, thanks to massive government stimulus plans worldwide.

Bad news for the old, large investment banks could mean two or three more years of sluggishness for the global economy, Shen predicted.

The U. S. actions will radiate out in the global economy, Rogoff said. "Europe might be forced to do similar measures. "

Rio said the uncertainties over the global economy meant it was reviewing its plans to build new mines and expand existing operations.

More troubling are the signs that the United States has lost its capacity to determine the direction of the global economy.

The overall picture for the global economy is healthy as the slow down in the US has been offset by strength in Europe and emerging markets.

What he did not say was that, given its growing weight in the global economy, what goes for China goes for the rest of the world.

At the extreme, the integration of the global economy on which almost everybody now depends might be reversed.

When we met in London two years ago, we knew that putting the global economy on the path to recovery would be neither easy nor quick.

OPEC appears to be sticking by its production cuts, overall supply is down and it feels like the global economy may be leveling off.

Josef Ackermann, the bank's chief executive, said he was cautious about the outlook for the global economy.

Last week, the company expressed optimism for the current period amid anticipation of "a continued modest recovery in the global economy. "

We think we could write a set of rules for the global economy that would ensure that corporations had to live up to a minimum standard.

"The global economy is in the midst of the broadest and most buoyant commodity price boom since the early 1970s, " the body said.

Over two years ago, the United States and the global economy faced the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

There is no doubt that China could pursue policies on several fronts that would be helpful for the global economy.

And with the global economy in the midst of one of the deepest declines since the Great Depression, the backlash is bound to intensify.

'The global economy is still recovering, sure, ' she said. 'But the recovery will be quite slow with some volatility. '

One of the clouds hanging over the global economy at the moment is the US housing market.

"Over the next 20 to 40 years, Asia is going to be the principle growth driver for the global economy, " Pande said.

Likewise, an agenda for getting out of the crisis and setting the global economy on a more balanced path does not depend on the yuan.

And it is all the direct result of the G8's dwindling importance in the global economy.

A future temporary networks would seem to run counter to the wave of mergers sweeping the global economy.

If we all end up trying to be savers, the global economy will tilt more heavily towards protectionism and recession.

When the global economy is falling off the edge of a cliff it is not too hard for politicians to put aside their differences.

The G20 came to historic agreements in London, some of which could have far-reaching implications for the governance of the global economy.

But deposit growth has slowed as the flow of trade has weakened due to the uncertain state of the global economy.

It looks as if the global economy is heading for a serious slowdown this year.

Its withdrawal, if mistimed, would pose fresh dangers for the global economy, and with it for trade.

Unless the global economy suffers a very deep recession, bond prices are likely to move in a sideways range over the first half of the year.

Wayne Swan, treasurer, said the performance was remarkable given the fragility of the global economy.

But the global economy seems to be robust, although greater concern now about inflation may lead to more monetary tightening.

That said, Dickson, based in Edinburgh, thinks the global economy will not slide into recession as many seem to expect.

In this case, an even wider comparison can be drawn: like the global economy, Huaxi may be bumping up against limits to growth.

The global nature of the " global economy" has been grossly exaggerated, as have been its implications .

The problem is to determine what is Africa's place in the future of the global economy, and up to now, we have seen very little that is new.

The price of copper is seen as a bellwether for the global economy thanks to its widespread use by the manufacturing industry.

However, policy makers, at least since the 1960s, realised that the use of national currencies to manage the global economy is problematic.

There's no doubt the global economy is under tremendous stress with still- indiscernible consequences, but the Great Depression this is not.

The trust gap is a major obstacle for China and its companies as they seek to enter more sensitive parts of the global economy.

"This is an extraordinary crisis with the potential to reshape the industry with impacts throughout the global economy, " he said.

NARRATOR: Places like Merelani, in Northern Tanzania, are the bottom end of the global economy.

"Obviously, the challenges facing Europe have significant implications for the U. S. economy and for the global economy, " Brainard said.

He noted that it was the first time he had mentioned protectionism first among the risks facing the global economy.

The role of money in the global economy is one of the big themes of this decade.

The strength of the global economy depends on people's willingness to trust institutions, and institutions' ability to trust one another.

This is an issue that has far-reaching consequences for an oil-importing nation like the UK, and for the global economy.

After an extended period of tame inflation, relentless increases in commodity costs are beginning to filter through the global economy.

Yet just as the US was steeped in denial on the demand side of the global economy, a similar complacency was evident on the supply side.

If it happens, the global economy will plunge into a crisis that will make the 2008 bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers look like a cakewalk.

The European crisis is no longer a European crisis. It has morphed into something that could easily engulf the global economy.

That isn't to say, that all is hunky dory in the global economy, but the case of Lehman may mark a turning point for Wall Street.

The European crisis is no longer a European crisis. It has morphed into something that could easily engulf the global economy.

That isn't to say, that all is hunky dory in the global economy, but the case of Lehman may mark a turning point for Wall Street.

Much of what creates profit opportunities and causes instability in the global economy results from the failure of these assumptions.

With the global economy in its most dangerous circumstances since the 1930s, rising Sino-American tensions is the last thing anyone needs.

None of that bodes well for the recovery of the global economy today.

You witness the shifting focus of all to the current state of the global economy caused by the debt crisis rocking Europe at the moment.

So far, it has been widely assumed that the strength of the Chinese economy is a plus for the global economy as a whole.

Germany gave a hint of the difficulties ahead with its insistence that its current-account surplus wasn't a problem for the global economy.

On the global economy the IMF said: "The recovery has solidified, but unemployment remains high. "

Most economists today don't ask who rules the global economy, visualizing it as a decentralized competitive market that cannot be ruled.

Most economists today don't ask who rules the global economy, visualizing it as a decentralized competitive market that cannot be ruled.

Yet the recent indications are that the global economy could be in for a more prolonged slump than first thought.

Also, in case of a more pronounced slowdown than the anticipated soft patch in the global economy, earnings estimates are at risk.

All the more reason to listen to what he has to say about the current state of the global economy.

Assuming that by 2011 the global economy is growing robustly once more, the reserve fund will have done its job.

Asking China to turn back the clock on its growing role in the global economy is not the answer.

Some were counting on China to prop up the global economy, as much of the rich world falls into recession.

With Green wave of the global economy, Third Generation Industrial Park, Eco-Industrial Parks came into being.

For more than a decade, China's closed capital account has been a defining feature of the global economy.

For bulls, this is all part and parcel of being a paid-up member of the global economy: growth and liquidity cycles wax and wane.

For bulls, this is all part and parcel of being a paid-up member of the global economy: growth and liquidity cycles wax and wane.

Unfortunately, this may not be accomplished prior to the point of no return in the global economy.

Around this time, the global economy entered free-fall as the sub-prime mortgage crisis exploded and credit markets ground to a halt.

Who will buy all the cars, the flat-screen TVs and the steel that the global economy is geared up to produce?

A dollar crisis would be very damaging for the global economy, making the expected slowdown much deeper and more protracted.

repeating a warning in a speech Saturday that the global economy was heading into a new "danger zone" .

Indeed, the headwinds of the global economy are being felt less by Americans at the bottom than by those in the middle.

Whether such price increases can be sustained will depend on whether the global economy hangs together in the face of slowing U. S. growth.

S. led the global economy into the ditch, but it may not be able to pull it back out.

Among big-name funds, only a handful have shone, however, almost all thanks to a more bearish outlook on the global economy.

Among big-name funds, only a handful have shone, however, almost all thanks to a more bearish outlook on the global economy.

The move would be 'a milestone for the global economy, ' says Bruce Kasman, chief economist at J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. in New York.

THE speed with which clouds of economic gloom and even despair have gathered over the global economy has been startling everywhere.

The global economy is on fire. Every government must pitch in to put it out.

The stakes are higher and there is more and more pressure to get the children ready to compete in the global economy.

Even though the speed of shrinkage has slowed, the global economy is still likely to be contracting in the second quarter.

Roubini said the risks confronting the global economy were evenly balanced.

If there is one thing the world seems to have in abundant supply, it is institutions to coordinate the global economy.

In the time of the global economy, the local governance in China has got plenty of new opportunities and faces the challenges as well.

Both Maersk and DP World warned that they still faced risks from a downturn in the global economy, while they had yet to see signs of one.

First is the unforeseen , but now evident, fragility of the global economy in the face of a systemic banking collapse .

"Efficiency is the fastest, cheapest way to reduce greenhouse gases and could bring large profits to the global economy, " she said.

The global economy can be hard on those unable to benefit from its opportunities.

THERE is only so much fun to be had from a sovereign-debt crisis that has the potential to bring down banks and derail the global economy.

"The Fed believes that a strong and stable dollar is in America's best interests and in the interests of the global economy, " he said.

That ensured that the dollar would be a disproportionate loser from any worsening of the global economy.

The PBOC's actions reflect a growing pessimism among the country's top leaders about the direction of the global economy.

After all, America's output growth has been soft for more than a year, yet the global economy has remained strong.

The G-7 finance leaders said the yen's recent 'excessive volatility' threatens the global economy and financial system.

Taking the long view, the global economy is at a remarkable moment.

In the global economy of the moment, the United States itself is too big to fail.

We meet at a time of risk and challenge in the global economy, and we both face considerable economic challenges at home.

A surge propelled by the costs of extraction would be a negative productivity shock for the global economy.

For the next three years, real GDP growth is expected to average 7% per year, assuming the global economy does not collapse.

With protectionist policies gaining dangerous traction everywhere, the global economy needs a strong champion of free trade.

Their importance to the global economy has made them too big to fail, or to control.

Worried about stability, foreign investment began to flee. The global economy was about to face a new kind of crisis.

Just as the eurozone is a microcosm of the global economy, the dysfunctional G20 is a macrocosm of the European Council.

The trade figures come at a time when analysts are assessing the impact of the Japanese disaster on the global economy.

The global economy is starting to bottom out from the worst recession and financial crisis since the Great Depression.

Even uneconomic construction work creates employment, enhancing social stability at a time when the global economy remains fragile.

The Group of 20 leading economies adopted a set of indicative guidelines last weekend intended to help rebalance the global economy.

THE global economy is sicker than a man with a bellyful of bad oysters. The last thing it needs now is a trade war.

Confidence and the appetite for risk began to return then amid signs that the global economy was stabilising.

As the U. S. economy struggles, second and third world countries emerge as first world countries entering the global economy.

It is turning this country into a central player in the global economy, and lifting millions of people out of poverty.

The private companies that drive the global economy Few companies are able to resist the lure of the stockmarket.

As a result of the global economic situation huge transformation, has brought the unprecedented impact for the global economy.

But the concept of the "global economy" is very often an exaggerated one, generating confusion and negative political consequences.

Still, he said a collapse of AIG would have wreaked havoc on the global economy.

If the Doha round does not revive, the WTO will still exist but its role as a forum for governance of the global economy will be diminished.

The officials said the global economy remains fragile and it was too early to back off from stimulus efforts.

THE problem with China and its relationship to the global economy is largely tied to its traded goods sector.

The government's stimulus package demonstrates that it is aware of the risks in the global economy and is prepared to act decisively.

Furthermore, from the point of view of the global economy, labour is a resource, like land or oil.

And the rest of the global economy may not be strong enough to compensate.

"This shows how important this sector is becoming in the global economy, " he said.

First, the global economy isn't in as perilous a state as it was in 2008, when it last froze the value of the yuan.

In past cycles, the best guide to the behaviour of commodity prices has been the change in the rate of growth in the global economy.

As Mr Strauss-Kahn says, Asia is more intimately bound to the global economy than it was a decade ago.

One of the reasons for the worsening in market mood is that some parts of the global economy may not be ready for rate hikes.

All of which leads to a question with big implications for the global economy and political order: What is Germany's place in the world?

It's a question nobody wants to ask, but if all goes pear-shaped in the global economy, who has the most to lose in Asia?

If Mr Bernanke's is the face that launches a thousand ships, the global economy may be the better for it.

S. sub-prime mortgage crisis led to the outbreak of the global stock market plunge, dragging down the global economy.

The US provides the global economy with a regulatory framework and a reserve currency.

East Asia is one of the world's fastest growing areas and is becoming an important pillar of the global economy.

China, among others, frets that the U. S. policy stance will debase the dollar, the lynchpin of the global economy.

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One of the global economy's biggest problems has been its dependence on an overstretched U. S. consumer.

But Spence said that's not enough to lift the global economy out of the doldrums.

On top of that, worldwide demand for cotton has risen as the global economy improves.

This would increase China's influence in this multilateral institution commensurate with its economic weight in the global economy.

The cost of iron ore and coking coal is key to the global economy as it filters into steel and ultimately everyday goods.

Given its export-dependence, the performance of the German economy will ultimately depend on the global economy.

But he said that the global economy will be better off "if we make policy in a cooperative framework. "

When the global economy broke down in 2008, China was the savior.

"Asia, centred on China, has become even more interlinked into the global economy, the driving impetus of which has been the US, " he said.

In Pittsburgh , leaders made a fine pledge to make the G20 "the premier forum" for co- ordinating policy for the global economy .

It does not help that domestic demand is feeble, and that the global economy is in turmoil.

One of the core goals of the vast pharmaceutical sector of the global economy is to cure disease and prolong life.

Some financial institutions are still so large and interconnected that their failure would be disastrous for the global economy.

"From a broader perspective, as the renminbi appreciates over time, the move will help rebalance the global economy, " she says.

Ironically, Africa's fringe position within the global economy contributes to its pull.

We also need official international financial institutions to be as modern and agile as the global economy they serve.

There are very big uncertainties with the global economy, with demand . . . We have to be active monitoring the market.

But just as important as what happened in the aftermath of Lehman's failure was what stopped happening in the global economy.

Growth in the global economy remains fairly robust, supported by favourable financing conditions and a further decline in oil prices.

"The global economy is transforming into a multipolar environment , " says Mr Tse .

The huge spike in global commodity price inflation is prima facie evidence that the global economy is still growing too fast.

The cost of iron ore and coking coal is key to the global economy as it affects steel prices and the cost of everyday goods.

Many Western politicians demonstrate real ambivalence about bringing the last billion into the global economy.

Japan's tragic earthquake and nuclear shock mean more supply disruptions in the global economy and a sharp contraction for the country.

On present predictions, the global economy is heading for a more pronounced and longer downturn than the previous slowdown this decade.

The last time the global economy tumbled, Chinese leaders took action, decisively and quickly.

For his part, he believes the movement of capital around the world, in general, is healthy and boosts the global economy.

We meet at a time of uncertainty for the global economy.

Will China's addiction to dollars lead the global economy into a bruising showdown with inflation?

As the global economy and culture integration progresses, the international communication becomes increasingly frequent.

But the global economy, although rattled by the high price of energy, is still chugging along.

Economist Sander said further gains in oil prices could pose a real risk for the global economy and, by extension, the Thai economy.

The insurance industry is one of the fastest developing industries in the global economy.

Relief that the global economy has dodged a trade war at a time when the recovery is looking especially vulnerable.

Although the United States inventory at historical highs, but further recovery is expected to boost crude oil demand in the global economy.

On the first question it looks like the global economy will bottom out in the second half of 2009.

China has been part of the global economy for a couple of decades now and has become a source of capital as well as labour.

Developing nations have been pushing for a change to represent their growing importance in the global economy.

Since LTCM was a private fund, the government could not impose a solution. The fate of the global economy was in the hands of these bankers.

The European Union is America's single largest economic partner and a critical anchor of the global economy.

He said countries must work together to get the global economy back on track.

Such a shift may even lead to problems that have long-lasting implications for China's people and the global economy.

Senator McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, was in Chicago to speak about the U. S. role in the global economy.

While commodity prices have made gains on investor optimism on the global economy, it may be too early to predict a bull run.

This isn't surprising since the global economy is double-dipping on the European debt crisis, and U. S. property prices are falling again.

Second, even if the US economy does slip into recession, investors believe the rest of the global economy can decouple and grow strongly.

But even a sustained Chinese recovery wouldn't necessarily pull the rest of the global economy up with it.

But some economists worry that the plan may backfire at a time when the global economy needs more lending, not less.

These currency moves and countermoves are part of a wider effort to transfer the pain of reforming the global economy to others.

But executives said that uncertainty in the global economy made it difficult for them to call a turning point in performance.

The global economy may be slowing, but we think the world is still full of opportunities for alert, well-informed investors.

And I don't think governments in the west would like to see the Chinese economy in trouble, because the global economy is so interdependent.

But even between them, they will be 40 percent of the global economy and the rest of us will be the other 60 percent.

Pony carts still carry hides along the cobblestone streets nearby, but this factory is a huge beneficiary of the global economy.

Otherwise, not much would be left of the global economy by the end of the year.

Barely a day goes by without further confirmation of Asia's role as a dominant force turning the wheels of the global economy.

Without one, the consequences will involve a series of short-term events and far more uncertainty for the global economy in the long run.

"You cannot be a major player in the global economy and at the same time fix your currency, " he said.

As chairman of the global economy meetings of central bank governors, I myself reported my colleagues' sentiments on this matter.

Others around Europe are doing the same, arguing that a strong Europe is in the interest of the global economy.

From the general gloom about the prospects for the global economy, some signs of life are emerging.

The geopolitical stakes are high for a region home to more than one-fifth of humanity and the factory floor of the global economy.

There are better ways to use the global economy, and China's rapid growth, to put money into the pockets of American workers.

It is difficult to think of an industry that plays a more vital role in the global economy than banking.

Trade imbalances continue to be a source of vulnerability to the health of the global economy.

We continue to expect the global economy to grow over the 2nd half of the year, but the rate of expansion will be weak.

Thus India doesn't have to implement policies that distort the global economy (like China does with its currency regime).

China depegged its currency from the U. S. dollar after voicing more confidence in the global economy, and raised interest rates.

This tension - that between the global economy and domestic politics - is a central challenge of our time.

THIS was supposed to be a stress-free year for the global economy.

Then, and only then, China might be an engine for the global economy.